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meisie, meisje S. Afr.|ˈmeɪsɪ|
[Afrikaans meisie, f. Du. meisje, cogn. w. Eng. maiden n.]
Girl; young lady or woman.
1890Digger's Doggerel 27 Romeo Troilus Giddy McSmack Has been granted, secure from all legal attack, The sole right to practise and use osculation On the ‘meisjes’ and ‘vrauws’ of the Transvaalsche Nation. 1895H. A. Bryden in Blackw. Mag. July 131/1 A little wizened Hottentot has been..making coffee for the baas and meisje. 1910Cape Times 7 Oct. 10 There is enough to be done before nightfall for an idle meisje to bestir herself without waiting to be called. 1927W. Plomer I speak of Afr. 47 He was stared at, especially by fat meisjes here and there, flappers with matronly figures. 1934‘N. Giles’ Ridge of White Waters ii. ii. 207 That child of Isaak Prinsloo's grows into a pretty meisie. 1953J. Collin-Smith Locusts & Wild Honey ii. iv. 146 The lass loves you; which is more than can be said for me of that wilful ‘meisjie’ your sister. 1965Economist 17 Apr. 339 Milling about in front as well as behind the open counters are the attractive meisies, known as hostesses. |